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Picture the point where two lines or edges meet — the sharp angle of a square, the spot where two walls join. From that one meeting-point the word fans out: outdoors it becomes the place where two streets meet and where a road turns; indoors it becomes the angle of a room or the corner of your eye; then it turns into a trap (a corner is a tight spot with no easy way out), and finally, because a corner is a small far-off nook, it stretches to mean a place.

可以想成兩條線、兩個邊相交的那個點——正方形尖尖的角、兩面牆接起來的地方。整個 corner 都從這個「交會點」散開更多收起可以想成兩條線、兩個邊相交的那個點——正方形尖尖的角、兩面牆接起來的地方。整個 corner 都從這個「交會點」散開:到了戶外,變成兩條街相交的街角、路轉彎的彎道;到了室內,變成房間的角落、嘴角眼角;再轉成一個「被逼到的死角」(角落兩邊有牆,不好逃);最後因為角落是個又小又偏的窩,延伸成「遠方的某個角落」。動詞則是把人或對手往那個角逼過去。

原始詞典資料33 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Cornername

  • 1

    A surname.

  • 2

    An unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States, at the "corner" of three counties.

  • 3

    A township in Custer County, Nebraska, United States; it is in the north-east corner of the county.

Cornername

  • 1

    archaicThe Tattersalls horse repository and betting rooms, originally located at Hyde Park Corner.

    • Indeed, the whole aspect of the Corner, with its open space and green lawns, is so different from what it once was that it requires a glance at the sturdy brick wall of Buckingham Palace Gardens […] to assure the wanderer that, after all, nothing very revolutionary has occurred, and that things are much as they used to be twenty years ago.

cornernoun詞源 1/ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

    • The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
  • 2

    The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

    • The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.
    • They burned the old gun that used to stand in the dark corner up in the garret, close to the stuffed fox that always grinned so fiercely. Perhaps the reason why he seemed in such a ghastly rage was that he did not come by his death fairly. Otherwise his pelt would not have been so perfect. And why else was he put away up there out of sight?—and so magnificent a brush as he had too.
  • 3

    The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

    • Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.
  • 4

    The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

    • The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.
  • 5

    The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

  • 6

    The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

    • corner store, corner deli, corner newsagent
  • 7

    An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.

    • Shining a light in the dark corners of the mind.  I took a trip out to his corner of town.
    • Why, that’s the lady: all the world desires her; / From the four corners of the earth they come, / To kiss this shrine, this mortal-breathing saint:
  • 8

    A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.

    • On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.
另外 11 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    An embarrassing situation; a difficulty.

  • 10

    businessfinanceA sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.

    • In the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
  • 11

    businessfinanceA sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.

    • It's not my oppression, it's not your oppression but rather our oppression. No one of us has a corner on oppression.
  • 12

    ball-gamesbaseballgamesRelating to the playing field.

    • The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.
  • 13

    ball-gamesbaseballgamesRelating to the playing field.

    • There are runners on the corners with just one out.
  • 14

    ball-gamesgamesheadingRelating to the playing field.

  • 15

    American-footballball-gamesfootballRelating to the playing field.

  • 16

    boxinggovernmentheadingRelating to the playing field.

  • 17

    boxinggovernmentheadingRelating to the playing field.

  • 18

    A place where people meet for a particular purpose.

    • Welcome to our English corner.
  • 19

    obsoleteA point scored in a rubber at whist.

cornerverb詞源 1/ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    To drive (someone or something) into a corner or other confined space.

    • The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
    • In Juazeiro do Norte, demonstrators cornered the mayor inside a bank for hours and called for his impeachment, while thousands of others protested teachers’ salaries.
  • 2

    To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.

    • The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
  • 3

    To put (someone) in an awkward situation.

  • 4

    businessfinanceTo get sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.

    • The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.
    • It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
  • 5

    automotivetransportvehiclesTo turn a corner or drive around a curve.

    • As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
  • 6

    automotivetransportvehiclesTo handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.

    • That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
  • 7

    To supply with corners.

    • Tool for cornering and cutting off copper switch blades

cornerintj詞源 1/ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    Spoken by service staff such as waiters when walking around a corner, to warn other staff and prevent a collision.

cornernoun詞源 2/ˈkɔːnə(ɹ)/

  • 1

    One who corns, or preserves food in salt.

    • Big firms received rebates from railroads in which they owned stock, paid off city officials in order to obtain a low-cost water supply, and fought meat-inspection laws, and meat packers speculated in pork and beef corners.

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資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。